After struggling at times during the first half of the college football
season, BYU and Utah have turned around things. Both now enter the
second half with high expectations, but difficult opponents await to
make it interesting for both teams.

One year after Johnathan Kent kicked his principal and school "went all bad," the 8-year-old was recognized at a recent assembly as the "Star of the Month" for being polite and helping out his teachers.

A woman accused of taking her 15-month-old son during a supervised visit in Murray was located in Spokane, Wash., Tuesday. The boy was with her, but police in Spokane do not have the legal authority him into protective custody.

A Utah woman whose husband was killed in action
in Iraq is organizing a non-partisan rally at
the Utah Capitol Wednesday to send a message to
Washington — this is not the country her
husband signed up to defend.

Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, driven from office by sexual harassment allegations, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony for putting a woman in a headlock and to less serious charges for kissing another woman against her will and grabbing the buttocks of a third.

Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed.

Elizabeth Smart is a survivor, in every sense
of the word. But it was the survivors who've
reached out to her with their own stories who
inspired her to share her ordeal, with the
hope her happy ending would prove it's
possible to overcome even the most horrific
tragedy.

Emergency teams from across Salt Lake County and beyond responded Wednesday to the largest mass-casualty drill the state has seen so far, the first of six exercises to prepare Utah's first responders to save lives in the event of a mass shooting.

The questions for Rep. Spencer Cox, Gov. Gary Herbert's pick for lieutenant governor, at his confirmation hearing Tuesday ranged from whether there was anything embarrassing in his background to his favorite bassist.